INSTRUCTIONS:
Answers must be unique and written in
your own words. You must cite work that you paraphrase or quote.
Your answer to each question must be concise and no longer than 2-3 paragraphs per
question. Points will be deducted for lengthy answers. Make sure to thoroughly answer the
question – in most cases a few sentences as your answer will not get you full points.
QUESTIONS:
1. Provide a summary of the main problem addressed in the paper, study approach (methods
used) to that problem, and the main findings. (10 pts)
2. What is the spatial grain and extent of the study? Use the definition of spatial scale
(grain/extent) covered in lecture to frame your answer. How does the grain/extent
influence the question being studied and the methodology that was used? (15 pts)
3. Spatial patterns and processes are found across all aspects of ecology. What spatial
pattern is found in the study and how might it inform us of the spatial processes that
created this pattern? Hint: go back to your lecture notes to how pattern/process is an
important consideration in the way spatial ecology methods are approached. (15 pts)
4. Climate change has been found to influence the range size of many species, including
causing some plant species to move their range northward. Explain how spatial
information about the effects of plant range expansion on plant microbial communities
(that often have beneficial symbiotic relationships with plants) could be used to improve
management of ecosystem services in a world in which the climate is changing (10 pts).
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